Product Details
W. W. GREENER
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'NO.1 MODEL EJECTOR' SELF-ACTING EJECTORS, serial no. 37348 / 37406,
25in. sleeved nitro barrels with matt Churchill-ribs, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke (No.1) and 1/2 and full choke (No.2), scroll-back treble-grip actions with carved serpentine fences, incorporating Greener 'self-acting ejector' patent ejector system, patent no. 2003 of 9th May 1881, use numbers 1377 and 1378, action flats and fore-end irons engraved '1' and '2', minor fractures at bridges, 1873 patent crossbolts, hold-open toplever with 'Jumping Jack' return studs, automatic side safeties with gold-inlaid arrow and 'SAFE' details, fine floral bouquet and acanthus scroll engraving, the undersides with small vignettes of game birds, retaining traces of renewed colour-hardening and finish, 14 3/8in. boldly-figured stocks with horn insert drop points and buttplates, weight 6lb. 6oz. (No.1) and 6lb. 9oz. (No.2)
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that gun no. 37348 was started on 12th December 1888 as an 'ejector, No.1 Model' with 30in. barrels and completed on the 2nd August 1889, to be sold through the Company's London Showrooms.
Gun no. 37406 was started on the 7th January and completed 'on the same day as its matching pair on the 2nd August 1889'.
In a letter to the current vendor, Graham Greener indicates that 'although these guns would be described as a composite pair since the numbers are not consecutive, there is no doubt that they were actually made as a pair'.
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act